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73. THE METHOD OF FORMING, FILLING AND SEALING PACKAGES COMPRISING FEEDING BLANKS OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIAL ONE AFTER ANOTHER ALONG A STATIONARY MANDREL TOWARD A FREE END OF THE MANDREL AND FORMING EACH BLANK INTO AN OPEN-ENDED TUBE AROUND TO MANDREL, CARRYING EACH TUBE OFF AND AWAY FROM THE FREE END OF THE MANDREL, AND, AS EACH TUBE IS BEING CARRIED AWAY FROM THE MANDREL, HOLDING THE TUBE IN A GENERALLY UPRIGHT WORKING POSITION, AND, WITH THE TUBE SO HELD IN SAID WORKING POSITION, CLOSING THE LOWER END OF THE TUBE, DELIVERING A QUANTITY OF A PRODUCT TO BE PACKAGED INTO THE TUBE THROUGH ITS OPEN UPPER END, AND THEN CLOSING THE UPPER END OF THE TUBE. 